Demographics and Innovation in the Asia-Pacific - Couverture souple

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1931368635 ISBN 13 : 9781931368636

Editeur : Asia/Pacific Research Center, Div of The Institute for International Studies, 2021

Synopsis

Demographic transition, along with the economic and geopolitical re-emergence of Asia, are two of the largest forces shaping the twenty-first century, but little is known about the implications for innovation. The countries of East Asia have some of the oldest age structures on the planet: between now and 2050, the population that is age 65 and older will increase to more than one in four Chinese, and to more than one in three Japanese and Koreans. Other economies with younger populations, like India, face the challenge of fully harnessing the "demographic dividend" from large cohorts in the working ages.

This book delves into how such demographic changes shape the supply of innovation and the demand for specific kinds of innovation in the Asia-Pacific. Social scientists from Asia and the United States offer multidisciplinary perspectives from economics, demography, political science, sociology, and public policy; topics range from the macroeconomic effects of population age structure, to the microeconomics of technology and the labor force, to the broader implications for human well-being. Contributors analyze how demography shapes productivity and the labor supply of older workers, as well as explore the aging population as consumers of technologies and drivers of innovations to meet their own needs, as well as the political economy of spatial development, agglomeration economies, urban-rural contrasts, and differential geographies of aging.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Karen Eggleston is Senior Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies (FSI) at Stanford University and Director of the Stanford Asia Health Policy Program at the Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center at FSI. She is also a Fellow with the Center for Innovation in Global Health at Stanford University School of Medicine, and a Faculty Research Fellow of the National Bureau of Economic Research.

Joon-Shik Park is professor in the Department of Sociology at Hallym University, Chuncheon, Korea. His research focuses on employment and regional studies.

Gi-Wook Shin is the William J. Perry Professor of Contemporary Korea in Sociology; senior fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies; the director of the Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center since 2005; and the founding director of the Korea Program, all at Stanford University. As a historical-comparative and political sociologist, his research has concentrated on social movements, nationalism, development, democracy, and international relations.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Asia/Pacific Research Center, Div of The Institute for International Studies
• Date d'édition: 2021
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1931368635
• ISBN 13: 9781931368636
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 246
• Éditeur: Eggleston Karen, Park Joon-Shik, Shin Gi-Wook
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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